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PRO/AH> African swine fever – Asia (46): China (GD, FJ), spread, Taiwan alertness

African Swine Fever -- ChinaAfrican swine fever [ASF] has spread to several southern Chinese provinces, with severe and swift outbreaks that have led to the culling of scores of pigs in a country that is considered to be the world's largest consumer and producer of pork. The disease was 1st detected in the northernmost regions of China in early August [2018]. The virus has now spread to Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province -- the southernmost province on the mainland. According to a [25 Dec 2018] Read more [...]